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Need a flu shot? We have them at the SXU Health Center! Get your 2017-18 flu shot for no cost or at an affordable rate. SXU’s Health Center can bill most insurances and many will cover the flu vaccine 100 percent. Call 773 -298-3712 today for an appointment!

The Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare provider’s course is to train participants to save lives of victims in cardiac arrest through high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The American Heart Association designed the course to prepare healthcare professionals to know how to perform CPR in both in-and out-of-hospital settings. You will be trained to promptly recognize…

Saint Xavier University’s (SXU) Shannon Center will host its annual six-week 5K Running Program starting Monday, Aug. 21. The program meets in the Shannon Center lobby every Monday and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Participants will run/walk outside and if the weather is bad, the program will be moved to the Shannon Center indoor track. This…

Saint Xavier University’s (SXU) Art Gallery proudly presents “Traced Hallows” exhibit by Meghann Sottile beginning Monday, Aug. 21 through Tuesday, Sept. 12. Sottile is a sculptor and metalsmith who often uses ordinary “found” objects in her work. She will give a brief presentation about her work on display on SXU’s Chicago campus, 3700 West 103rd…

With the fun and relaxation that come from summer weather, it is easy to forget that kids can get sick; however, Saint Xavier University’s (SXU) Health Center is already planning for the beginning of the school year with vaccinations for children. With preventable diseases such as pertussis (whopping cough) and measles resurfacing, it is important…

Saint Xavier University (SXU) will host its first Sunday night liturgy of the semester on Sunday, Aug. 20 at 6 p.m. outside of McDonough Chapel. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets and join us for the first Mass of the school year! Immediately following the Mass, stay to enjoy hospitality of pizza and pop; all…

Saint Xavier University’s (SXU) Graham School of Management (GSM) will host two MBA Open House and Orientation events on Thursday, Aug. 17 at 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 19. at noon. Friends and family are invited to attend as well. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP for these events with the number attending by…

Recently, Saint Xavier University (SXU) served as a host site to a community-favorite event, Fire Up A Cure, on Saturday, July 22. This event is founded by the Cure It Foundation and during the event, Chicago-area firefighters competed in a series of challenges while raising money to help fight pediatric cancer. Events included a fire…